Big Gallia wind and rain causes widespread damage
Gallia County reeled after a heavy wind and 1.44 inch cloudburst Saturday. Power lines and telephone service were disrupted across Gallipolis, Kanauga, Crown City, Cheshire, and nearby towns. Trees fell, roofs were ripped, antennas bent, and roads blocked including Route 7, Route 141, Route 233, and Route 325 amid widespread outages.
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Gallipolis
Cozens
Gallia County
John Allen
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Engel Hill
Northup
Ohio Bell Telepnom Co
Estle
Bables
Cheshire
Meigh County
State Highway Patrol
Throughenour
State Highway Department
Gallia
Vinton
Rio Grande
Lincoln Pike
Cadmus
Ubs
Crown City
Mercerville
Chambersburg
Masonic
Wetherholt
Kananga
Kris Kringle
Porter
E. L. Cottrell
Winton
Centerville
Abner Nance
Bethesda
Floyd Leonard
Georges Creek
Addison Township
Gallipolis Auxiliary members attend midwinter convention
Gallipolis unit members Mrs. W. Joe Brown Mrs. L. G. Marchi and others returned from Columbus after three days at the American Legion Auxiliary midwinter conference and the eight and forty pouvoir. Luminaries included Mrs. Bess Harrison of Charleston national chaplain and Philip Lustig department commander.
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Gallifulis
Fouras
Columbus
American Legion Auxiliary
W. Joe Brown
L. G. Marchi
Gallipolis
Leo Stillwell
James Houck
Brown
Pouvoir
Bess Harrison
Charleston
Nationale 'Aumonier
Philip Lustig
Legion
Earl Wright
Mary H. Weisand
Te Chapeau
Verna Taylor
Uest
Denver Jewish Hospital
Athens
Olive Ailstock
Louise Stewart
Ailstock
Legion Auxiliary
Bowden
D. Ward Kingswood
W. Va
The
Galli- Polis Legionnaire
Facemire Funeral Set For Elizabeth Facemire
Facemire Funeral Set will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mina Chapel Church for Mrs Elizabeth Florence Facemire 77 who died early Saturday after a long illness She was born September 29 1878 inview West Virginia to Jack and Elizabeth Horner and married Lewis Facemire in 1898 at Little Sandy Kanawha County Survivors include nine children Hattie Shelton Huntington Delbert at home Kanauga Jimmie Beatrice Sisters and brothers George Chandler Charleston Myrtle Sensenbaugher Dayton George Horner Colar Grove Lewis Horner Charleston There are 15 grandchildren and three great grandchildren Preceded in death were two sisters Lottie Williams P Keefer Point Pleasant Burial will be in Mina Cemetery Friends may call at ies fe
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Mina Chapel
Elizabeth Florence Facemire
Inview
W. Va
Jack
Izabeth Douglas Horner
Lewis Facemire
Little Sandy
Kanawha County
Hattie Shelton
Huntington
Delbert
Kanauga
Jimmie
Beatrice
George
Carrie) Chandler
Charleston
Myrtle Sensenbaugher
Dayton
George Horster
Colar Grove
Lewis Horner
Lottie Williams
P. Keefer
Point Pleasant
Mina Cemetery
Friends
Ies Fe
Fifth Grade Teacher Appointed at Washington School
GALLIPOLIS Glote announces Arnold began today as teacher of fifth grade in room 105 at Washington School with Principal Evan Howard. She and husband James Arnold live at Rio Grande in Jackson County. A 1952 Jackson High School graduate, she will graduate from Rio Grande College June 1. She previously taught two years in Jackson First Grades. A grass fire damaged Raymond Hoy furniture factory at Second and Syet. Gallipolis Fire Department responded at 3:31 p.m. Sunday with no building damage.
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Gallipolis
Glote Smasks Arnold
Washington School
Evan Howard
Evans
James Arnold
Rio Grande
L. Frank Allen
Arnold
Itr
Arnold J. Eubanks
Oak Hill
Jackson County
Jackson High School
Rio Grande College
Jackson
Gaelipolis
Raymond Hoy Furniture
Second
Syet
Methodist Youths Meet To See Martin Luther
Methodist Youth Fellowships will meet at 7 90 p m today in Simpson Chapel Methodist Church. County officers Walter Taylor Ray Reynolds Molly Vance Kay Shriver Fanny Harmon and Rev Tom Adio will lead. Devotions by Jeannie Evans and chairs include Kathleen Dillon Mary Low Milder Madora Baylor Freddy Miler. Refreshments to follow. next meeting March 25 at Centenary Methodist Church.
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Grande—Gallia
Pine Methodist
Simpson Chapel
Methodist Church
Rio Grande
Walter Taylor
Addison
Ray Reynolds
Vinton
Molly Vance
Gallipolis
Kay Shriver
Rodney
Fanny Harmon
Tom Adio
Robert S. Ball
Kendall Dean
Allo Rodney
Jeannie Evans
Chambersburg
Kathleen Dillon
Center
Wile
Mary Low Miler
Christian Witness
Madora Baylor
Addi
Freddy Miler
Galipis
Cistle
Callin Fellowship
Martin la
Centenary Methodist Church
River traffic charts rough river readings and cargoes at Gallipolis
Towboats report cargoes of coal scrap pig iron and oil passing Gallipolis early Sunday. Several vessels show up and down readings on the Ohio River with locks and levels noted. A separate item recalls a Colo bus crash injuring students and a girl killed on icy highway embankment.
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Gallipolis
William Penn
Allen R. Merrill
Semet
Invader
Folway
Lucy Jane Lucas
Jimmy Colle
Claude Tully
Guadalcanal
Chambersburg
Ohio River
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Telemark
Pomeroy Mason
Point Pleasant
Ohio
William Pitt
Indiana
David Moran
Cherrystone
B—Beckford
Jetsboat
Atlas
I Stevenson
R. Ht. Bosworth
Kanawha River
Winfield
Ogram
Peace
Norvell
Bruce
Rhea
Inca
Jerry Bosworth
Aim
Esso Louisiana
Amt
DAES
Hugo
Colo
75 Women canvass for Heart Fund in Gallipolis
Gallipolis residents canvassed house to house Sunday to raise for the Heart Fund aiming to meet or surpass last year’s $713.78. Mrs. Geor Lear, county chair, said final returns will appear next week with many gifts reported Wednesday or Thursday. Total reported contributions stood at $1019.2, with $391 prior, including an $85 memorial for Herbert A. Cardwell, a heart victim. Twenty five canvassers were members of the Gallipolis Business and Professional Women’s Club which has led the drive for two years.
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Gallipolis
Heart Fund
Geor Lear
Gallia County
Lear
Herbert A. Carddwell
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club
Youths Admit Stealing From Gallipolis Stores
Gallipolis police report Sherman Carroll, 18, and a 15 year old, both Chestnut Street residents, admitted thefts from local merchants aimed at refunds. They took leather boots from Gallipolis Department Store, tried returning them for $12 without sales slips, failed at Carl's Shoe Store and Allman's Department Store, left G C Murphy with a dress, and were in police custody Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Sherman Carroll
Chestnut St
John W. Howell
Carl's Shoe
Allman’s Department
G. C. Murphy
Scouts Hold Honor Court at Cheshire Baptist Church
The Scout Troop plans a Court of Honor at 1 30 pm today at Cheshire Baptist Church. Cheshire PTA sponsored Club Scouts will join the program. Adv Rank shown by Nelson R Leach will present the troop charter. Merrill Briggs and Harold Mach are Scoutmasters. Mrs Clarence Mulford Jr is the Club Scouts' Den Mother. Films on Philmont will be shown. Public invited. church women will serve refreshments after. Rev Sherley Woods is Institutional Representative. Rucker Neal chairs the Troop Committee. other members include Marvin Thomas Ford Jr.
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Canonine — Way
Cheshire Baptist Church
Cheshire Pta
Nelson R. Leach
Mason-Gallia-Meigs
Merrill Briggs
Harold Mach
Clarence Mulford, Jr
Philmont
Leach
Women's Society of the Baptist
Sherley Woods
Rucker Neal
Marvin ‘Thomas, Ford, Jr
Bostwick Dies at 86 in illinois area death notice
Mrs. Lottie Fri ter Bostwick 86 died at 8 p m Saturday at her son Walter Bostwick s home along the Rodney to Route 141 road She was born September 5 1869 in Hamilton County She was preceded in death by her son Thomas and three daughters Mary Carrie and Pauline Funeral services will be held Tuesday at her late home with calling hours Burial will be at Centerpoint Cemetery
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Lottie Fritier Bostwick
Walter Bostwick
Rodney
Route 141
Thomas
Mary
Carrie
Pauline
Amilton County
Centerpoint
Oldest Farm Council hears Mrs Gatewood speaker
Wendell W. Roush of White Oak Farm Bureau advisory group attended the Gallia County meeting Friday night in Porter. Grandma Emma Gatewood spoke on her Appalachian Trail hike during recreation period as Don Swick and family were honored for 59 years of marriage at the council open house.
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Mossman
Council
Charles W. Ward
Overgreen
Wendell Roush
Gatewood
Don Swick
Mrs. Swick
Ohio lawmakers seek reelection in 1957 primary
Columbus notes show thirty state senators and 116 representatives vying for two more years in the Ohio legislature. The May 8 primaries pit Republican and Democratic nominees against each other for the November 6 election. Population quotas assign 139 representatives and 34 senators for the next session. Incumbent leaders Mechem and Pepple face limited opposition, while Oakley Collins contends in the 8th district and Mahoning Trumbly area seats see competition. House incumbents largely unopposed, with Speaker Roger Cloud among those facing little or no party challenge.
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Eawsmith
Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
C. Stanley Mechem
H Athens
Ross Pepple
R-Allen
Mechem
Pepple
Oakley C. Collins
Lawrence
Tub-8th
Mahoning
Trumby
Charles J Carney
Stephen R. Olenick
Youngstown
Phillis A. Morgante
Carl G. Long
Damascus
Roger Cloud
R Logan
Cloud
Degrais
Wilton Band Boosters plan minstrel show date set
Radcliff social notes report a Wilton High School minstrel show scheduled for March 2. Also noted are new school buses purchased by the Wilton Board of Education and various visits and travels of local residents including Woodrow Love’s Navy discharge and members attending meetings in Atlantic City.
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Radulirr
Wilson
Walter Wells
Polk Saunders
Wellston
Caney Creek College
Ims
J. AM. Jackson
Wayne Matthews
Education Association
Atlantic City
Wilton
Wilton High School
Wilton Board of Education
Woodrow Love
Navy
Japan
A. O. Jeffers
Roger Jeffers
Wayne Cooper
Aldo Jeffers
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Daisy Conn
JM. Arbaugh
Columbus
Inlaw
James Pendleton
Radcliff
Stanley Sheline
Dundas
Glouster Social Notes Marine Participates In Iwo Jima Exercise
Glouster social items report Marine Larry Williams landed on Iwo Jima February 17 during assault exercises with the Third Marine Division. The Thea Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Hall for initiation. Mrs. Harry Pfe Williams is host at the Altar Rosary Society program at Holy Cross Catholic Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altar Rosary Society
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Glouster
Harry Iwo Jima
Marine Pfe Larry
Flora
R. Williams
Arthur Moore
Frank D. Williams
Madison
Thea
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Alarine Pie
Larry Williams
Frank Williams
Madison St
Iwo Jima
Marine Division
Jack Stephenson
William ‘Stephenson
Third Marine Division
Williams
Japan
Oki
Glandular Inflammation Advised For Men Over Forty
An ad from the Excelsior Institute promotes non surgical treatment for glandular inflammation in men past 40. It claims many have found relief and offers a free book from the DW-16 address in Excelsior Springs Missouri to learn more about the treatment and risks of neglect.
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Excelsior Institute
Excelsior Sorines
Missouri
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Bill) Estle
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Wellsville
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California
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Pittsburgh
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Jamestown
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Washington, D
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Facemire Funeral
Martin Luther
Holliday's
DHIA
L. L. Holliday Galkipokii, Ohio
Heart
Bostwick
Eastern Ave
Tyo's Restaurant
Gallipolis, Ohio
N. E. Tyo
C. W. Tyo
Oldest Farm Council
Mrs. Gatewood
Ators King
Radcliff Social Notes
Holzer Hospital
Luther Moore
Louise Woomer
Mound Hill Cemetery
Carl Gothard
Luther Perry Mearthur
Clyde Camp
Harvey Collins
Franklin Eberts
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Hamden
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Cincinnati
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